fire tornado Slow motion film of a fire tornado Rob Beschizza

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

mistakes Firemen surprised to see jogger in aftermath of tornado Rob Beschizza

books The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis explains how the "deep state" is just nerds versus grifters Cory Doctorow

elections Climate change is AWOL in America's political debates Cory Doctorow

Kids This is the summer of the firenado Andrea James

firenados Rare fire tornado from a factory blaze is caught on video Carla Sinclair

late stage capitalism The paradox of good government: the best stuff works well and is thus unnoticeable (and therefore easy to sell off) Cory Doctorow

security Dallas's 156 tornado sirens hacked and repeatedly set off in the middle of Saturday night Cory Doctorow

architecture Survive the coming apocalypse inside a big pipe buried underground David Pescovitz

fire How to make Fire Tornados the "easy" way Rob Beschizza

science fiction Fiction: The Boy Who Made Flowers S.B. Divya

Business IMF: Cheap oil will bankrupt the Saudis in five years Cory Doctorow

Food Warning: At least two eels were definitely harmed during the reporting of this story Linda Rodriguez

promoted John Cusack in hacker-land Xeni Jardin